Night skies: This week we saw the first full moon of the year. January's full Moon is also called the Wolf Moon, because it's thought wolves howled more at this time of year as there was less food in the middle of winter. Follow BBC Gloucestershire on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to us on email or via WhatsApp on 0800 313 4630.

The moon performed a cosmic ballet with Mars this week. On Monday evening (Jan. 13), the Full Wolf Moon passed in front of Mars in what's known as a lunar occultation, during which another celestial object appears to disappear behind the moon from our vantage point on Earth.

The first full moon of 2025 rose on Monday, Jan. 13 and, for observers in North America, blocked the planet Mars for around an hour between 8:44 p.m. EST and 00:52 a.m. EST on Tuesday, Jan. 14. The full moon is called the wolf moon because of the idea that during January’s long,

Stunning pictures show the first full Moon of the year over Dorset's skies. The full Moon rose at around 5.30pm on Monday and was visible in the skies until Wednesday morning. Names are given to full Moons to reflect what is happening in nature at different times of the year.

During severe weather and other natural phenomena events that have occurred in the skies above Southwest and Central Virginia in the past weeks, WFXR News has received some spectacular photo submissions from viewers.